J Dent Oral Biol | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Research Article | Open Access
Deenadayal DS, Vyshanavi Bommakanti DNB and Naveen Kumar M
Department of E.N.T and H.N.S, Deenadayal ENT Care Centre, India
*Correspondance to: Deenadayal DS
Fulltext PDFSialolithiasis is the presence of a stone in the salivary duct and is the main cause of obstructive salivary disease. The symptoms produced include pain and swelling of the gland especially while eating or chewing. While small salivary stones sometimes pass out of the duct on their own, larger stones usually remain in the gland until they are removed. The approach used to extract these salivary stones depends both on the size and the location of the stone. In this series, we present a series of cases treated with Holmium Yag laser for extraction of the stone. Six patients who complained of 2 or more episodes of submandibular gland/parotid gland swelling accompanied with pain, with or without pus or a fluid being discharged from the orifice of the duct were enrolled in the study. This procedure was performed on all our patients under general anesthesia using the Karl Storz sialendoscopy system and symptoms improved in all patients. Based on our initial experience of using the Holmium Yag laser for extraction of salivary stones in our series, we can conclude that it is a good tool for calculus greater than 4 mm, adherent or difficult to retrieve with the routine technique.
Sialendoscopy; Laser Sialolithiasis; CT; MRI; ENT
Deenadayal DS, Vyshanavi Bommakanti DNB, Naveen Kumar M. Sialolithiasis-Management with Laser Lithotripsy. J Dent Oral Biol. 2019; 4(1): 1154.